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The last embers of the day are fading now glowing orange beneath the dark coals. A few hours ago we were gathered around this campfire, seated on small stones gathered over the decades. Photo: The Firetender The cool night air is drifting in, a chill mingles with the dwindling source of heat. Inside my small... Continue Reading →

We’ve been gone a while. I think we owe you an explanation. In November 2018 I released a blog talking about finding our personal wonderlands. In 2019 I was challenged to listen to my own words. Love Clings To Me The move from our beloved Manhattan to a quiet neighborhood in Texas was more... Continue Reading →

We really needed a ’57 T-Bird or a ’63 Corvette Stingray to do this right. We were 3 hours west of Amarillo and the Cadillac Ranch. We were 3 hours east of Albuquerque. On Interstate-40. We were at the “Gateway to the West” and just two blocks away from yesteryear. We were getting our... Continue Reading →

Its Friday. In Texas. That can mean only one thing. High School Football under the lights! Texans love their football and have produced a litany of greats. Why, in the past 8 years one half of the Heisman winners were raised in the state of Texas. RG3 in 2011, Johnny Manziel ’12, Baker Mayfield ’17,... Continue Reading →

It just didn’t seem right to leave Santa Fe without sharing more about their historical and miraculous chapels. Where is the oldest church in the continental U.S? Would you believe Santa Fe? Traditional belief holds that it was built around 1611 by a group of Tlexcalan Indians from Mexico who were travelling with the original... Continue Reading →

One day last week we found ourselves on the balcony enjoying our morning coffee. It was a hot, muggy August morning. We watched the landscape guy below, trimming the median. JAM commented, “I am really hating this August heat!” We realized we had enough of the Texas summer. We needed a break. Two hastily packed bags, a handful of travel... Continue Reading →

Six months, two surgeries and four hospital stays later, I return. On November 3, 2019 I dropped a post titled Yes Virginia, There is a Wonderland. It talked about finding wonder wherever you are, and whatever your circumstances. I lean on you Maybe it was destiny that this post would challenge me through my own... Continue Reading →

Photo Gallery

The restaurateurs of 9th Avenue come out to share their fabulously diverse offerings

Photo by Berlin

2017 Rockettes and Supporting Cast

Jockey rider

Green Monster

Flier

Yellow Submarine

Kramer’s famous Nexus of the Universe, the corner of 1st and 1st on the Lower East Side

Inside Shimmels, change is slow.

Shimmel Knishery since 1910

Wooden Oak Bridge, Central Park

Lunch at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens Conservatory

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Conservatory

Amateur Night at the Apollo

Mary – on the Hudson Bay

Vicki – Hudson Bay

Lunch with friends. Mary and Vicki

War Paint with my girls

Tip and Dave on the Green Monster – Fenway Park

Springsteen on Broadway

Springsteen on Broadway

Springsteen on Broadway

Surviving Statue

Statue of Liberty from Battery Park

Staten Island Memorial

Guili’s Pastry Shop

Black Gotham Experience

Browne Stationary

Spectator Boat

Roosevelt Island East Promenade

Asylum

Coney Island

Footpath

Dragon Boat Races

Columbus Circle at Night

Big Bird Central Park

Under the Bridge

Pink Umbrella

Red Umbrella

Gotham Pizza

Hudson at Night

50th Street Station

Besties

New Yankee Stadium

Gone are the corner deli’s with proprietary Pastrami. Replaced by Boars Head deli counters.

Staten Island Ferry

4th of July

Sailing to the Statue of Liberty

Established by Robert Bowne in 1775, Bowne Stationers grew as a financial printer throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1975, Bowne & Co. Inc. partnered with South Street Seaport Museum to open a 19th-century-style print shop at 211 Water Street in the historic Seaport district.